Executive Decision Making | ByGeorge You Got It

Martin Crowe put all his cricketing wisdom and brilliance into the 1992 world cup format. He developed a crafty strategy fully designed to capitalize on the positional advantage in home turf. Yet his real greatness lay in further calibrating that strategy in tune with the fast-evolving ODI format incorporating critical elements.

Martin Crowe developed a crafty strategy fully designed to capitalize on the positional advantage in home turf. Yet his real greatness lay in further calibrating that strategy in tune with the fast-evolving ODI format incorporating critical elements.

Crowe applied a host of innovative methods which were well stitched up into the overall game-plan; effective in parts as well as in sum total. He set up power-hitters up the order to take advantage of the smaller grounds and newly introduced field restrictions in the initial phase. He exclusively relied on medium pacers and spinners, using them for very short spells to unsettle the batsmen. He ruthlessly picked up a squad of typical one-day players, focused just on the world cup. All this cumulatively proved to be unbeatable, and New Zealand had a dream run reaching the semis.

A keen strategic mind, high situational awareness, assessment of existing resources and imaginatively using them to the hilt – made all the difference. Martin Crowe stands tall in redefining the game and transforming his team into a winning unit.